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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 89, 13 April 1872, Page 2

A Sale op Saddle and Draught Horses was held in Wellington on Saturay lust., when about a dozen f vere put up and disposed of at from £3 to £10 each. The Otago Daily Times and Witness Company, it is stated, have purchased at a cost of £1600, the corner site near Rattray street jetty, next Messrs Dalgety, Nichols, and Co., upon which a large empty shed, once occupied as a soda water factory, now stands. They purpose erecting a printiug-office upon the site at a cost of £2000, including several shops for rental, the printing office to be 6n the upper storey of the building. The Wanganui Herald has the following : — " If the native is slow in copying the virtues of the pakeha, he shows a surprising aptitude in picking up, and becoming an adept in, the worst vices that disgrace civilisation. This has been forcibly illustrated during the past week. A native made some trifling purchases at Mrs. Raokin's drapery establishment in Wicksteed place, and at the general shop on the ground floor of the Masonic . Hall, . tendering a cheque at each place, purporting to be signed by Kawana Hunia. The solvency of the Kawana being believed in, the cheques were cashed and the change handed over. Subsequently, however, they were found to be forgeries, and the police were communicated, with. A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of the native, but up to the present he has eluded capture.